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DESCRIPTION:FIGHTING TRUMP EVERYWHERE BUT NOT LOCAL TRUMPISM IN SANTA CRUZ\nProtests 
 against Trump across the state and nation have failed so far to catalyze 
 any local protests against Trumpism in Santa Cruz. Particularly concerning 
 the most basic civil rights of our own refugees who face sweeps, property 
 confiscations, harassment, and the nighttime Sleeping Ban--all measures 
 designed to drive them out of town and out of sight.\n\nFolks at a recent 
 Black Lives Matter protest in Capitola this Saturday did seem sympathetic 
 to concerns that SCPD policies impacting black folks, immigrants, and just 
 ordinary folks were also a matter of serious concern regarding homeless 
 folks.  See "Community Support for Black Lives Matter in Capitola" at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/02/18/18796619.php .  \n\nPOLICE 
 SWAMPED PROTEST WITH FLEET OF VEHICLES LAST WEEK\nFreedom Sleepers return 
 this Tuesday fresh from the harsh memory of massive police response against 
 last week's protest on 2-14.  \n\nDuring that protest, eight SCPD squad 
 cars showed up to arrest activist Maxwell Green in the dead of night ( 
 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154889337533820&set=pcb.10154889337793820&type=3&theater 
 ).  \n\nSUDDEN POLICE INTEREST IN MAXWELL GREEN\nThough Green spoke earlier 
 that day at City Council and could have been served with a citation at that 
 time, the city's uniformed gunmen showed up at midnight in absurdly 
 disproportionate force, frightening other sleepers there.\n\nGreen was 
 charged with 184 (a) willfully obstructing an officer. He will be arraigned 
 in Judge Denine Guy's court on Mar 16th at 8:30 a.m.  The "obstruction" 
 incident allegedly happened over a month ago on 1/18 with the complaint and 
 warrant suddenly issued on 2/15; right after a city council meeting when 
 Green publicly denounced Councilmember Richelle Niroyan.  Niroyan authored 
 a failed RV nighttime ban, leading to a caustic exchange between the two of 
 them that homeless-aphobic city staffers may still be trying to patch up 
 behind the scenes.\n\nGreen is a mainstay of the Freedom Sleeper protest, 
 who works and lives in Monterey, and regularly commutes to defend the 
 rights of the Santa Cruz homeless here.\n\nFOOD NOT BOMBS EVENTS\nFood Not 
 Bombs [FNB], which regularly feeds the Freedom SleepOut's, is facing 
 harassment from reactionary neighbors, who ban the organization's street 
 food and literature tables.\n\nFNB will hold an Emergency Meeting 2 PM 
 Friday 2-24  at India Joze 418 Front St. \nThey also urge folks to sign a 
 petition to Mayor Cynthia Chase urging the City respect the right to share 
 food: Sign it at  
 https://www.change.org/p/cynthia-chase-support-the-right-of-food-not-bombs-to-share-free-food-info-and-ideas-in-public-spaces? 
 \n\nFNB co-founder Katzemjammer Keith McHenry also announced "Direct Action 
 to Fight Fascism" Presentation at 612 Ocean St., Resource Center for 
 Non-Violence 6:30 PM Free to all.\n\nANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCATES DEMAND RELEASE 
 OF D.A.'S REPORT\nMeanwhile activists pressing to end police violence are 
 demanding the release of the police reports and the full D.A.'s 
 investigation in the killing of Sean Arlt.   In a quick 
 closed-to-the-public press conference, Chief Kevin Vogel announced D.A. 
 Jeff Rosell's finding exonerating the killer--Officer Eric Bailey.   
 \n\nThere has been no change in the SCPD's "shoot to kill" policy, nor were 
 details given of how close Arlt was to Bailey when Bailey shot him dead in 
 October.  The D.A.'s "investigation" has taken 4 months, and now Vogel's 
 SCPD announces it will "investigate" further.  Meanwhile the witness 
 accounts and the D.A.'s report remain under lock and key.  The "Official 
 Story" can be seen on line at 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/02/16/18796574.php?show_comments=1#18796616 
 \n\nJOIN THE PROTEST\nBring lots of rain gear, blankets, and "protective" 
 video equipment to the protest.  Heavy rains may not deter police and 
 ranger attacks on those sheltering themselves at City Hall.  But 
 documenting their behavior may awaken the community to the menace of local 
 Trumpism against the poor.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/02/20/18796677.php
SUMMARY:Rain at Midnight? Freedom SleepOut #85 Faces Wettest Winter
LOCATION:Back again to City Hall--still the dark center of Sleeping Ban law and 
 enforcement under City Manager Martin Bernal and the Watkins-Terrazas City 
 Council.  Determined activists and a crew of homeless folks will be 
 huddling beneath the eaves of the buildings at City Hall until being driven 
 out into the rain , wind, and cold.  Just looking for a night of community 
 and relative safety from the Sleeping Ban, they'll be in sleeping bags, 
 under tents, in vehicles, whereever they can, hoping to spark conscience 
 from the broader community.   Food Not Bombs and Joe Schultz will feed.  
 Protest goes, as ever, from mid-afternoon Tuesday to mid-morning Wednesday.
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